Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Truth About Love and Lightning

Book Description:
As far as Gretchen Brink is concerned, the tornado that just ripped
through her land has nothing on the storms of a different sort happening
all around her. Her grown daughter, Abby, has returned home with news
that she's pregnant, and no, she's not sure whether she's going to marry
the father. A man with no memory has been dropped practically on her
doorstep. And the not-so-little white lie she's been telling for years
is about to catch up with her.
Abby is sure that the mysterious
man is her long-lost father, Sam, who has finally returned just when
she needs him most. As Abby, Gretchen, and the Man Who Might Be Sam get
closer, the lie Gretchen told all those years ago begins to haunt her.
When her secrets come out, and Sam's past is finally revealed, will it
tear down this fragile life they've built—or will the truth bring them
all closer together?

Idgie Says:
This is a nicely fleshed out novel that flashes back and forth in time through the eyes of various characters, slowly building to the secret that Gretchen has been hiding for almost 40 years.

Gretchen has spent her entire life since she was 5 taking care of her sisters and then her baby. She has long since given up on love. But suddenly, there's hope in her heart that she might still have that chance again.

Intertwined is also a nice story line with mysticism running through it, a generational ability to create weather that while helping others, takes a terrible toll on the men who own the ability.

The day "Claire" from Lost mentioned me!

Pat Says:

Pat Conroy just told me that I take a foul art and give it a queenly air, then he kissed my hand.

Decatur Book Festival, 2014

Books that "Stuck"

In no particular order: Bill Bryson and James Herriot....I have re-read anything they write multiple times.We're All DamagedThe End of the World Running ClubHandmaid's Tale Watership DownRiversDesperation RoadBull Mountain The Stand The Poisonwood Bible Black Beauty The Road... read once, will never read again, but it stuck. Lonesome Dove Gone With The Wind....of course Earth Abides A Brave New World

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